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Tourist-InformationAltes Rathaus, Markt 937073 GöttingenTel. +49 (0)5 51 / 4 99 80-0Fax +49 (0)5 51 / 4 99 [email protected] Göttingen
City of Sc ience
Göttingen, set in the south of Lower Saxony – inthe middle of Germany – is easily accessible via the north-southA7 autobahn and the national roads B3 and B27. Göttingen'sstation is rail stop for the ICE-fast train, ensuring a quick andcomfortable journey. The romantic travel routes such as the Alps-Baltic Sea German Holiday Route, the Harz-Heath Route as wellas the German Fairy-tale Route all traverse Göttingen.
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Mais Dieu que les roses sont belles à Göttingen, à Göttingen … I
How beautiful the roses are in Göt-tingen praises the french singer Barbara
the charm of the small university town.
Many of its residents, being students, only
stay a few years yet their influence is un-
mistakable. It is this variety that makes Göt-
tingen such a lively and friendly place with a
cosmopolitan outlook that has developed
into a centre of international science.
Much of the urban life in Göttingen takes
place within the old town walls. All places of in-
terest are at most a leisurely ten minute walk,
be it the Old Botanical Garden, the Theatre or
the many historical buildings. From most of the
inner city streets and lanes, one of Göttingen’s
oldest churches, St. Johannis (St. John’s) with
its two different spires can be
seen. One of the spires housed
the loftiest “digs” in Germany.
Göttingen’s landmark is the Gänseliesel
figure on the fountain at the market square
outside the Old Town Hall. This art nouveau
statue features a girl herding
geese. It is a tradition that
all new doctoral graduates
from the University kiss the
cheeks of the statue after
passing their examinations.
This makes her “the most
kissed girl in the world”.
The Gänseliesel
The pedestrian precinct
City of Science
IGöttingen’s town centre successfully combin-
es its origins as a medieval merchant market town
with the atmosphere of a modern University City.
The centre is not however a museum or collection
of half-timbered houses, but instead each epoch
has left its characteristics
on the city.
This can be seen at the
Old Town Hall, built during
Göttingen’s first period of
prosperity (13th - 15th Centu-
ry) and altered many times
thereafter. It originally served the dual purpose of
Town Hall and Merchant’s Guildhall when the ground
floor was mainly used for trading linen, made in Göt-
tingen, to places as far afield as Belgium and Russia.
The beautifully decorated main hall as seen today
originates from the late 19th Century.
The oldest preserved building in Göttingen,
on Rote Strasse, dates back to the 13th Century.
Fine examples of half-tim-
bered houses from the 16th
Century are the Schröder
House, the Junkernschänke
and the Abel Bornemann’s
House.
In contrast, the Jacobi-
kirche (St. Jacob’s Church)
is a masterpiece of Gothic
style that contains a splen-
did double-winged altar
made in 1402 by an un-
known artist.
The founding of the University in 1734 gave new impe-
tus to the development of Göttingen and inspired renewed
building activities which resulted in some outstanding ar-
chitecture. In particular the Accouchierhaus (1785-1791)
which has a widely acclaimed baroque stairwell and was
originally the first Maternity Hospital in Germany. It is now
the Faculty of Music.
The Great Hall on Wilhelms-
platz (William’s Square) is the
main building of the Georg-Au-
gust-University. It used to house
the detention room for badly be-
haved students.
City of AttractionsThe Old Town Hall
St. Jacob’s
Great Hall on Wilhelmsplatz
Junkernschänke
IDuring the last Centurymore than 40 Nobel Prize Win-
ners have lived and worked in
Göttingen, up to the current
day when scientists such as
Manfred Eigen and Erwin Neher
are expanding today’s know-
ledge. Other illustrious names
include Adolf Windaus, discoverer of vitamin D, Otto
Hahn, a nuclear scientist, and Max Born, one of the foun-
ders of quantum theory. Many buildings display plaques
commemorating their famous former residents.
Until 1933, Göttingen was considered foremost in
mathematics world-wide. It was here that David Hilbert
and Hermann Minkowski laid the mathematical founda-
tions for Einstein’s theory of relativity.
Another famous Göttingen scientist was Carl Fried-
rich Gauss who, with Wilhelm Weber, in 1833 invented
the magnetic telegraph.
An observatory founded
by him is located on
Geismar Landstrasse.
Nearby, at the little
square between the
rampart and Hospital-
strasse, is a monument
of Friedrich Wöhler, Pro-
fessor of Medicine and Chemistry in Göttingen. For
the first time in 1827, he presented aluminium in its
pure form. In the pavement at the foot of the statue is
the formula for urea, with the synthetic production of
which one year later he had decisive influence on mo-
dern chemistry.
Today, the German Centre for Aeronautics and Space
Technology, as well as the Max-Planck-Institutes of Bio-
Physical Chemistry, Experimental Medicine, History and
Aerodynamics are in the forefront of science. Other organi-
sations are employing the latest technology in measuring,
weighing and the use of lasers.
Above all, there is the Georg-
August-University with approxi-
mately 25,000 students. The new
Niedersächsische Staats- und
Universitätsbibliothek (university
library) houses 5.4 million vo-
lumes and is open to everybody.
The observatory
Gauß-Weber-Monument
New university library
Chemical institute
City of Research
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IGöttingen and its university are collecting
knowledge displaying it in no less than eleven mu-
seums. Of particular interest is the ethnological
collection that Georg Forster brought back from his
travels with the explorer James Cook. The striking
university collection of musi-
cal instruments presents
more than 1000 exhibits and
the art collection specialises
in paintings of the 16th and
17th Century. The Municipal
Museum includes a perma-
nent exhibition of a recon-
structed medieval kitchen
and a fully furnished pharmacy of the period, and the
Municipal Archives have documents that span 750
years of Göttingen’s history.
Göttingen also caters for all musical tastes, host-
ing an annual International Jazz Festival as well as an
annual Handel Festival at the beginning of Summer
attended by international artists. A wide spectrum
ranging from classical to contemporary music is co-
vered by the Göt-
tingen Sym-
phony Orchestra.
Fans of rock mu-
sic can enjoy the
Night of the
Clubs and the
Altstadtfest (Old
Town Festival) which takes place at the end of August.
In the Autumn there is a Literary Festival and the
readings by well known German and English speaking
authors attract many thousands of listeners.
A visit to events held at the Lokhalle, the recently
renovated former engine workshop in Otto-Hahn-Centre,
has a unique atmosphere and should not be missed.
The Deutsche Theater (main theatre) and the Junge
Theater (modern theatre) offer other cultural highlights.
Deutsches Theater
At the Municipal Museum
The annual Handel Festival
City of Culture
IIf you enjoy people, Göttingen is the place to
be. Sitting on the steps of the world famous Gänse-
liesel fountain at the market square, you will find it
a good place to stay. There are many possibilities
for recreation and walks in and around Göttingen.
A classic favourite is the Old Botanical Garden with
its many indigenous and exotic plants as well as
the ramparts surrounding the medieval city centre.
The impressive view over the city and the valley of
the River Leine from the Bismarck Tower makes the
climbing of Hainberg Hill well worthwhile.
Göttingen caters for all types of sport, be it canoe-
ing, tennis, horse riding or swimming. The Badepara-
dies Eiswiese (municipal indoor swimming pool) has
heated as well as salt water pools, slides and saunas.
You can have a lot
of fun even with-
out swimming.
Göttingen provides
a pleasant shopping
experience. It offers
almost anything you
could possibly want as
well as the unusual
and the unexpected to
inspire you with new
ideas.
Whatever you do
during the day, it is at
night that Göttingen’s
atmosphere comes into its own. In Summer, one hardly
notices the shops closing as the streets keep just as busy
with people strolling through the city centre. Street cafes,
cosy student pubs,
bars and restaurants
with menus ranging
from home cooking
to cosmopolitan cui-
sine invite you to
spend a leisurely and
relaxing evening.
Bismarck Tower
Junges Theater
Badeparadies Eiswiese
Christmas Market
City of Entertainment
IPlesse Castle
As well as being a
place of interest in its own
right, Göttingen is the
starting point for visits to
interesting sites and desti-
nations for day trips. The
Seeburger See is an example of both. This is a lake formed
2,500 years ago by salt leaching, and is a geological rarity in
Europe. Today, the lake is a recreational area with swim-
ming, sailing or walking. From there it is a short distance to
Duderstadt, the picturesque centre of the Eichsfeld region
with an impressive collection of half-timbered houses. The
round trip can be completed by visiting the Wilhelm-Busch-
Mill and the European Bread Museum in Ebergötzen.
If you are interested in medieval times, you will enjoy a
visit to the remains of Plesse Castle just outside Göttingen.
On the banks of the Weser River is the beautifully preserved
Church of the Bursfelde Monastery built in the Romanesque
style, from where be-
gan an important
movement for the refor-
mation of monasteries
in the 15th Century.
Twenty kilometres
up river at the conflu-
ence of the rivers Wer-
ra and Fulda, is Hann. Münden, a town of half-timbered
houses which has been declared an historic monument. Not
far away you find the Kaufunger Wald, scene of numerous
fairy-tales of the Brothers Grimm. Despite its natural beau-
ty, this National Park attracts relatively few visitors.
Further up river are the classic Gothic ruins of
Hanstein Castle, the former seat of a robber baron.
The beautiful surroundings will encourage you to
walk to Teufelskanzel (Devil’s Pulpit) or to Ludwig-
stein Castle, an international youth meeting place.
For hiking and skiing enthusiasts the Harz
Mountains, with its National Park, are just a short
drive from Göttingen. And perhaps you can stay
some more days in Lower Saxony, for Göttingen is
only one of „The Wonderful Nine“, these very inter-
esting historic cities in Northern Germany. The other
eight are also worth seeing: Braunschweig, Celle,
Goslar, Hameln, Hannover, Hildesheim, Lüneburg
and Wolfenbüttel.
Bursfelde Monastery
Seeburger See
Places of Interest
Tourist-InformationAltes Rathaus, Markt 937073 GöttingenTel. +49 (0)5 51 / 4 99 80-0Fax +49 (0)5 51 / 4 99 [email protected] Göttingen
City of Sc ience
Göttingen, set in the south of Lower Saxony – inthe middle of Germany – is easily accessible via the north-southA7 autobahn and the national roads B3 and B27. Göttingen'sstation is rail stop for the ICE-fast train, ensuring a quick andcomfortable journey. The romantic travel routes such as the Alps-Baltic Sea German Holiday Route, the Harz-Heath Route as wellas the German Fairy-tale Route all traverse Göttingen.
Publishers: Göttingen Tourismus e. V., Text and graphic design: Optex Werbeagentur, Göttingen, Photos: AlciroTheodoro da Silva (14), Hans Wilder (1), Wolfgang Henkies (1), Karlheinz Otto (1), Torsten Krüger (4), Ingo Bul-la (1), Printers: Druckhaus Göttingen Printed in Federal Republic of Germany; Imprimé en République Fédérale d’ Allemagne, 12.04.20
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